Namu

Namu is situated on British Columbia's Central Coast, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the northern tip of Vancouver Island.

The archaeological record at Namu reveals a sequence of almost continuous, seasonal use for nearly 10,000 years. A total of 41 radiocarbon dates spanning
the period from 9,720 – 480 years BP have been obtained from the Namu site, making
it the earliest radiocarbon dated site on the British Columbia coast.

Artifacts from the earliest occupation (10,000 – 9,000 BP) include 32 flaked stone tools such as
bifacial points and knives, choppers and
scrapers. A small number of ground and pecked stone tools were also present, but no
microblades or bone tools were found. This
assemblage appears to belong to the
Pebble Tool Tradition, a cultural
complex found at early sites on the Northwest Coast.

Further Reading:

Carlson, R.L.
1995 Early Namu. In Early Human Occupation in British Columbia, Roy L.
Carlson and Luke Dalla Bona (eds.). UBC Press, University of British Columbia. Pp. 83 - 102.